This essay by the remarkable Akhil Sharma about coming to parenthood relatively later in life is beautiful and honest and heartbreaking (but in a good way). If you open one thing this week, make it this
The incredible moment when Amy Remeikis and Carrie Bickmore held a colleague to account on The Project live on air over that Grace Tame photo
On Wednesday, Neil Young published a letter in which he asked Spotify to remove his music from the platform, giving Spotify an ultimatum to choose between him and Joe Rogan, who has been accused of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines (“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both”). A few hours later, "Who is Neil Young" starting trending worldwide. Awks
One writer on giving up on success — and embracing aliveness
How do you go from viral to rich?
What if we did… less? (“Three weeks into the new year, I already feel drained by the hustle. I’m tired of treading water, staying positive, being resilient—and trying to convince myself and everyone around me that things are fine. I keep thinking that this isn’t how it has to be.”)
How trauma became the word of the decade
Not sure how we feel about a soup mother tbh
Newsletter recs! This week we subscribed to Perfectly Imperfect, a free newsletter featuring curated recommendations from real people, and Sweater Weather, musings on culture, literature and feelings by Brandon Taylor, the author of the very excellent novel Real Life
Less thoughts, more vibes?
ICYMI, here’s an explainer on *that* West Elm Caleb TikTok meme
Over 1000 pro tips from people all over the world (scroll down to the comments)
What can salvage the wreckage of And Just Like That?? (and Sarita Choudhury has weighed in on the show and the reaction it’s getting)
Annddddd…. bookmark these 20 easy weeknight dinners immediately, Tiktok is launching a whole bunch of new tools (including Clubhouse-ish live audio streams and Twitch-like subscription features), this is the most relatable thing we watched all week, a very good idea, really want to meet West Village finance bro, can we join the cat club, tips for becoming a morning person, an eBay exec’s technicolour farmhouse, and this is extremely attractive
